Santisima Trinidad

Santisima Trinidad was a 140-gun Spanish Navy first rate ship-of-the-line that was launched on 3 March 1769 from Havana, Cuba. The ship had four gun decks and had a displacement of 4,950 tons, and the ship became feared by the British Royal Navy during the English Channel naval battles of the American Revolutionary War and the Battle of Cape St. Vincent during the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1805, Santisima Trinidad fought at the Battle of Trafalgar, and it was used as the flagship of Admiral Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros. Santisima Trinidad lost her mast during the battle, and she was forced to surrender to HMS Neptune. On 22 October 1805, the day after the battle, Santisima Trinidad was heavily damaged by a storm and scuttled by the British.